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ICE HOCKEY
Rudi Victor Ball was a champion ice hockey player. He is a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame 2004.
During his playing career, spanning from 1928 to 1952, he won the German Championship 8 times (1928–1944) and participated for Germany in the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Winter Games and in four World Championships 1930–1938.
He played in total 49 official games for Germany, between 1929 and 1938, and scored 19 goals. Ball was voted as the best European ice hockey player in a French Sports Magazine in 1930. He was considered one of the most popular and dreaded European ice hockey players prior to the Second World War. Ball scored over 500 goals during his career.
He and his two brothers, Gerhard Ball and Heinz Ball, represented Germany in many international competitions in their hockey careers. While reasonably short, Ball was considered extremely fast on the ice and was admired as having much skill and ability.
Ball was included in the 1932 German ice hockey team, to play at the 1932 Olympic games, held in Lake Placid. The German team won the bronze medal. He played all six matches and scored three goals.
1936 German Olympics
In 1936, because he was Jewish, Ball (the 25-year-old captain) was initially overlooked for selection in the German ice hockey team. His good friend and teammate, Gustav Jaenecke, refused to play unless Ball was included. Ball also believed a deal could be struck to save his family in Germany if he returned to play in the games The German selectors also realized that without Ball and Jaenecke the team would not stand a chance of winning. Another factor was that the Nazi party could not overlook the fact that Ball was without doubt one of the leading athletes in his sport. With much controversy Ball was included in the German team to play at the 1936 Olympic games. One report of the time proposed that Ball was playing against his will. The deal for Ball's family to leave Germany was also agreed. After Ball was injured, the Germans took 5th place in the Olympic tournament. Ball played four matches and scored two goals.
Ball followed his brother, Heinz, to South Africa in 1948.
Andrew David "Bubba" Berenzweig is an American
former professional ice hockey player. He played collegiately at the University of Michigan. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
Maxim Birbraer
Birbraer was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, He had lived in Israel for only 8 months when his coach, Paul Rosen, persuaded him to try out for a Canadian league with the result that he spent 2 years playing Tier 2 hockey in Ontario, where Rosen was his legal guardian. He then joined the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. He was the only Israeli national ever to be drafted by a NHL team when he was drafted 67th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. Despite this, he never played in the NHL, instead spending three seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. In 2006, He signed with the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League, and played with the Telford Tigers in 2014. Birbraer played for the Israel national ice hockey team.
· Edgar and Peter Bronfman owners of the Montreal Canadiens
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· Mike Brown (ice hockey, born 1985)
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· Wilfred Harold "Gizzy" Hart a professional ice hockey player who played 100 games in the National Hockey League. Harold played with the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Cougars. Hart also played pro for the Victoria Cougars, winning the Stanley Cup in 1925
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· Michael Jay Hartman is an American professional ice hockey player who played in 397 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers
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· Dr. Karel Hartmann was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the Olympic games in 1920. He was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal in Antwerp.[1]
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· Jack Hughes (ice hockey, born 2001)
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· Ladislav Kohn is a Czech professional ice hockey Forward who played in the NHL for Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Atlanta Thrashers and the Detroit Red Wings.
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· Luke Kunin is an American professional ice hockey center currently who played with the Nashville Predators
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· Defenseman on the Russian 1976 Olympic Gold Medal Team.
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· Morris "Maurice, Moe" Roberts was an American ice hockey player, who was the oldest man to play goaltender in National Hockey League history, He was both the oldest player to play a NHL game and the youngest man to play goal in the NHL
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· The first jew to play in the National Hockey League-1925 Montreal Maroons
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· Mathieu David Schneider is an American former professional ice hockey player. Schneider played 1,289 games in the National Hockey League with ten different teams, scoring 233 goals and totaling 743 points. He won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Montreal Canadiens.
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· Ron Stern Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the NHLfor 12 seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and San Jose Sharks.
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· Nathan Scott Thompson American professional ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers of (NHL). He has previously played for the Boston Bruins, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Anaheim Ducks, Ottawa Senators, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets.
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· Joshua Tordjman is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Phoenix Coyotes The rest of his career, was spent in the minor league and concluded with two seasons in Europe.
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· Ellen Weinberg-Hughes an American former ice hockey player. She competed internationally for the US women's national team at the 1992 Women's World Championship, capturing a silver medal while being named to the tournament's all-star team.
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Jason Alan Zucker is an American professional ice hockey winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Rowing
· Allen Rosenberg, US, champion and Olympics coach
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· Donald Spero, US multi-collegiate (Cornell 8+) and national champion (1x), multi-European medalist (1x, 2x), World champion (1x), Henley Royal Regatta champion (1x), Gold Cup champion (1x), US Olympian (1x), and a founder of the National Rowing Foundation
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· Josh West, American-born British, men's eight, Olympic silver, 2x World Rowing Championships silver and one bronze
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Rugby league
· Lewis Harris, England, English rugby league[412]
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· Wilf Rosenberg, South African rugby union, and later rugby league[413][414]
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· Albert Rosenfeld, Australia, five-eighth, Australian rugby league[412]
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· Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national team[415]
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· Geoff Selby, Australia, St George Dragons
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· Mark Shulman, Australian rugby league[416][417]
Rugby Union
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· Louis Babrow, South Africa, South Africa national team[419][420][421]
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· Leo Camron, South Africa/Israel; helped introduce rugby to Israel[422]
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· A.S. Cohen, England (Cambridge University RFC)[423]
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· Nate Ebner, 2016 US Olympic Team at Rio de Janeiro
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· Okey Geffin, South Africa, forward, South Africa national team[412][420]
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· Samuel Goodman, US, player and manager of gold-winning US Olympic team[412]
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· Chaya Leib Herzovitz, Turkey-Poland, Stade Français[424]
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· Joe Kaminer, South Africa, South Africa national team[420]
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· Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand, flanker, New Zealand national team[19]
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· Aaron Liffchak, England, prop[425]
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· Shawn Lipman, South Africa/US, US national team[38][419]
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· Alan Menter, England/South Africa, South Africa national team[420]
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· Cecil Moss, South Africa, South Africa national team[420]
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· Sydney Nomis, South Africa national team[420]
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· John Raphael, Belgium/England, England national team[412]
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· Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa; rugby union, and later rugby league[413][414]
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· Myer Rosenblum, South Africa/Australia, flanker, Australia[419][426]
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· Rupert Rosenblum, Australia, Australia national team[427]
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· Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby player
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· Fred Smollan, South Africa, South Africa national team[420]
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· Dr. Bethel Solomons, Ireland, forward, Ireland national team
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· Joel Stransky, South Africa, fly-half, South Africa national team, kicked winning points in 1995 Rugby World Cup Final[419][420]
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· Zack Test, US, wing/fullback, US national sevens team[428]
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· Morris Zimerman, South Africa
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Swimming
· Margarete "Grete" Adler, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-meter (m) freestyle relay)[450]
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· Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke[451]
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· Jessica Antiles, US[452][453]
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· Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle relay) and bronze (800 m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800-m freestyle[67]
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· Adi Bichman, Israel (400 m and 800-m freestyle, 400-m medley)[454]
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· Damián Blaum, Argentina, open water
· Gérard Blitz, Belgium, Olympic bronze (100 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame[67]
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· Yoav Bruck, Israel (50 m freestyle and 100-m freestyle), Israel (50 m freestyle and 100-m freestyle)[169]
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· Tiffany Cohen, US, 2x Olympic champion (400 m and 800-m freestyle); 2x Pan American champion (400 m and 800-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[455]
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· Anthony Ervin, US, Olympic champion (50 m freestyle), silver (400 m freestyle relay); 2x world champion (50 m freestyle, 100-m freestyle)[38]
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· Yoav Gath, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke)[456]
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· Scott Goldblatt, US, Olympic champion (4x200-m freestyle relay), silver (800 m freestyle relay); world championships silver (4x200-m freestyle), bronze (4x200-m freestyle)[455]
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· Eran Cohen Groumi, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke, 100-m butterfly)[169]
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· Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly); world championships bronze (200 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame[67]
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· Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), Hungary, 3x Olympic champion (100 m freestyle, 800-m freestyle relay, 1,500-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[230]
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· Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200-m butterfly, 200- and 400-m individual medley[169]
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· Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), Austrian-born Israeli, held every Austrian women's middle and long distance freestyle record in 1935, refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner, protesting Hitler, stating, "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people."[457]
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· Otto Herschmann, Austria, Olympic 2-silver (in fencing/team sabre and 100-m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp[2]
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· Ziv Kalontarov, Israel, European Games champion (50 m freestyle)[458]
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· Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born US, 4x Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200-m backstroke, twice 4x100-m medley relay); 3x world champion (100 m and 200-m backstroke, 4×100-m medley) and 2x silver (4×100-m medley, 50-m backstroke); 3 world records (50-, 100-, and 200-m backstroke)[455]
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· Herbert Klein, Germany, Olympic bronze (200 m breaststroke); 3 world records[67]
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· Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli (100 m butterfly, 4×100-m medley relay)[459]
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· Ruth Langer Lawrence, Austria; along with Judith Haspel and Lucie Goldner refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics, their protest stating "We do not boycott Olympia, but Berlin".[460]
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· Katie Ledecky, US, 7x Olympic gold, 15x world champion, the most in history for a female swimmer
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· Keren Leibovitch, Israeli Paralympic swimmer, 3x world champion, 3 world records (100 m and 200-m backstroke; 100-m freestyle), and 8x Paralympic medal winner[461]
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· Jason Lezak, US, 4x Olympic champion (twice 4 × 100 medley relay, 4 × 400 medley relay, 4x100 freestyle relay), silver (400 m freestyle relay), 2x bronze (100 m freestyle, 4x100 freestyle relay); 8x world champion (4x 4x100-m medley, 3x 4x100-m freestyle, 100-m freestyle), silver (4x100-m medley), bronze (4x100-m freestyle)[455]
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· Klara Milch, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)[67]
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· József Munk, Hungary, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)[67]
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· Alfred "Artem" Nakache, France; world record (200 m breaststroke), one-third of French 2x world record (3x100 relay team); imprisoned by Nazis in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed[2]
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· Paul Neumann, Austria, Olympic champion (500 m freestyle)[2]
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· Maxim Podoprigora, Ukrainian-born Austrian swimmer
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· Sarah Poewe, South African-born German, Olympic bronze (4 × 100 medley relay)[67]
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· Marilyn Ramenofsky, US, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle); 3x world record for 400-m freestyle[2]
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· Jeremy Reingold, South African, 200m individual medley world record, South South African SA under-21 rugby team[462][463]
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· Keena Rothhammer, US, Olympic champion (800 m freestyle) and bronze (200 m freestyle); world champion (200 m freestyle) and silver (400 m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[177]
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· Albert Schwartz, US, Olympic bronze (100 m freestyle)[67]
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· Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Austria, Olympic champion (400 m freestyle) and 2x bronze (400 m freestyle, 1,500-m freestyle)[67]
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· Mark Spitz, US, Olympic champion (9 golds (400 m freestyle relay twice, 800-m freestyle relay twice, 100-m freestyle, 200-m freestyle, 100-m butterfly, 200-m butterfly, 400-m medley relay), 1 silver (100 m butterfly), 1 bronze (100 m freestyle)), has the second-most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (7); 5x Pam Am champion; 10x Maccabiah champion; world records (100- and 200-m freestyle, 100- and 200-m butterfly), International Swimming Hall of Fame[464]
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· Josephine Sticker, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)[67]
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· Tal Stricker, Israel (100- and 200-m breaststroke, 4×100-m medley relay)[465]
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· András Székely, Hungary, Olympic silver (200 m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp[67]
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· Éva Székely, Hungary, Olympic champion & silver (200 m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati[2]
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· Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman, Poland, Olympic 4×200-m freestyle relay; killed by the Nazis in Majdanek concentration camp[177][466]
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· Judit Temes, Hungary, Olympic champion (4×100-m freestyle), bronze (100 m freestyle)[19]
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· Dara Torres, 12 time Olympic medalist. The only American to compete in 5 Olympic games. US, Olympic 4x champion (400 m freestyle relay, 4x100-m freestyle relay twice, 4x100-m medley relay), 4x silver (50 m freestyle, 2x 4x100-m freestyle, 4x100-m medley relay), 4x bronze (50 m freestyle, 100-m freestyle, 100-m butterfly, 4x100-m freestyle relay, 4x100-m medley relay); world championship silver (4x100-m freestyle); Pan American champion (4x100-m freestyle)[455]
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· Eithan Urbach, Israel, backstroke, European championship silver & bronze (100 m backstroke)[467]
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· Otto Wahle, Austria/US, 2x Olympic silver (1,000 m freestyle, 200-m obstacle race) and bronze (400 m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame[67]
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· Garrett Weber-Gale, US, 2x Olympic champion (4x100 freestyle relay, 4 × 100 medley relay); world champion (3x 4x100-m freestyle, 4×100-m medley), silver (4×200-m freestyle)[455]
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· Wendy Weinberg, US, Olympic bronze (800 m freestyle); Pan American champion (800 m freestyle)[67]
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· Ben Wildman-Tobriner, US, Olympic champion (4x100-m freestyle relay); world champion (2x 4x100-m freestyle, 50-m freestyle)[67][455]
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· Wally Wolf, US, Olympic champion (4x200 m freestyle relay)[468]
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· Imre Zachár, Hungary, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)[67]